Nokia to Adopt Windows Phone

Status
Not open for further replies.
U

unni

Explorer
I know this is not surprising. Just came to know that it has been announced:

Nokia's: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1488007

Microsoft's: Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership to Build a New Global Mobile Ecosystem: Companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative mobile products on an unprecedented scale.

Highlights:

- Nokia would adopt Windows Phone as its principal smartphone strategy, innovating on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader.

- Microsoft development tools would be used to create applications to run on Nokia Windows Phones, allowing developers to easily leverage the ecosystem's global reach.

So bye bye Qt, MeeGo, Symbian??? :(

UPDATE:

1. Nokia will use Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform.

2. Symbian will become a franchise platform, while MeeGo will be an open-source project. Nokia said it will still ship a MeeGo-related product later this year.

3. Nokia Maps will be a core part of Microsoft's mapping services, integrating with the Bing search engine and AdCenter advertising platform.

4. Search on Nokia devices will be powered by Bing.

5. Microsoft development tools will be used to create applications on Nokia Windows Phones.

6. Nokia's content and application store will be integrated with Microsoft Marketplace.

7. Nokia expects 2011 and 2012 to be transition years.

8. On April 1, Nokia will transit to a new company structure with two business units--Smart Devices and Mobile Phones--which will operate independently. Each division will account for its own profit-and-loss, product development, management and marketing.

9. Smart Devices, led by Jo Harlow, will focus on Symbian smartphones and MeeGo computers, as well as the new Windows Phone portfolio.

10. Mobile Phones, led by Mary McDowell, will focus on mass-market devices and making access to the Web and applications affordable.
Click to expand...

Source: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39050603,62206616,00.htm
 
As we all expected :) Nokia combining with Microsoft, a good move by Nokia, as we can get a very good handset preloaded with Windows for a lower price tags :) Yuppy am looking forward for the first Nokia Windows combo mobile :)
 
Vibu said:
:) Yuppy am looking forward for the first Nokia Windows combo mobile :)
Click to expand...
Well going by nokia's previous record it may take 2-3 years for the first WP7 from nokia.

As it is the partnership was expected, nothing new.

I guess nokia would announce devices with WP7 which did not happen.

Seems nokia is on the path of self destruction.

lets see.....
 
Vibu said:
As we all expected :) Nokia combining with Microsoft, a good move by Nokia, as we can get a very good handset preloaded with Windows for a lower price tags :) Yuppy am looking forward for the first Nokia Windows combo mobile :)
Click to expand...
Lower price tags? I don't think so. They need to pay royalty to Microsoft.
 
unni said:
Lower price tags? I don't think so. They need to pay royalty to Microsoft.
Click to expand...
Even Soo the price tag will be surely less than that of HTC bro :) Hence Nokia has a better chance..
 
Vibu said:
Even Soo the price tag will be surely less than that of HTC bro :) Hence Nokia has a better chance..
Click to expand...
Hope so :). I think they finally realized that its best to continue doing what they were doing best-make good hardware.
 
unni said:
Hope so :). I think they finally realized that its best to continue doing what they were doing best-make good hardware.
Click to expand...
Yup Nokia is always Nokia (Good Hardware eveyone knows it, Now with GOOD OS too) this is a great news for Nokia lover for sure :)
 
Good move by nokia, why it is so shy to adopt android? however android onslaught will not save window nokia phone
 
Just been reading this on engadget. This is stupid really. They should have gone with Google and Android. WP7+ Nokia will not beat any of the Android phones or Apple.

This is the end of the road for as me as far as Nokia is concerned.
 
Excellent job Nokia, even though the move has been highly delayed. Symbian needed to be given the boot for a while now. And microsoft needed a big manufacturer like Nokia to hold its own against Google and Apple. It seems that such might actually be possible now. Good for Nokia and Microsoft. And good products and decisions can only mean that it's good for us consumers too ;)
 
Dont believe Engadget. They just rally against everything not apple.Suckers.

This is an excellent move, Not all nokia phones will be wp7.

Also, Nokia will get a strong hold in US market now thanks to microsoft and its distribution channel. Guess apple and htc have trouble at their hands.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom